'Immaculate' Is Bad-Gal Blasphemy of the Highest Order
St. Bartholomew was flayed alive. St. Lawrence? Grilled to a crisp. St. Lucy and St. Agatha are often depicted carrying the symbols of their martyrdom around on small dinner plates, a pair of poked-out eyeballs in Lucy’s case, a set of severed breasts in Agatha’s. The lore of Catholicism is gruesome enough to fill a thousand horror movies. A picture in which a demure-but-hot young nun is lured to a spooky-opulent Italian convent for nefarious purposes isn’t such a stretch.
9 slang terms only police officers would know
Officers have been using codes as early as the 1920s to keep communication succinct over the radio. Today, those codes and jargon have almost become a separate language. Police also have unofficial jargon they use across the board, regardless of department. Read on to find out what some of their most interesting phrases mean, based on definitions on the Police Magazine Cop Slang website . ADVERTISEMENT
A Brief History of the Flag Lapel Pin
Are you currently wearing a flag pin? Yes? Then you love America. No? Hmm. That’s gonna be a problem.
Such was the false dichotomy that faced Barack Obama during his April 16 debate against Hillary Clinton, when Charlie Gibson asked Obama a voter question about why he did not wear a flag pin on his lapel. The previous October, an Iowa ABC reporter had asked him a similar question, to which Obama replied that he had worn one after 9/11, but soon noticed, “people wearing a lapel pin but not acting very patriotic.
The first photo in the collage showed Jumbo on low cut, with the other photos showing a steady progression in the growth of her hair. Jumbo shared the photo, commenting: "Good morning #ujlovers since we are all going on strike together this Friday #wivesonstrike ...let me answer some of the questions about my new love (my Hair) my go to product was castor oil, the first time a professional did any kind of treatment on my hair was last Saturday please direct the products questions to @onaturals1 (bought some new hair products from them now about to start the Real pampering )YES the hair is all MINE.
Aim Bonpland (Explorer and Botanist)
Full Name: Aimé Jacques Alexandre Bonpland
Profession: Explorer and Botanist
Biography: Bonpland befriended Alexander von Humboldt and they traveled to Tenerife and the Spanish colonial empire in the Americas for five years. They collected and classified about 6,000 plants. Upon their return to Paris, Napoleon granted Bonpland a pension and he became superintendent over the gardens at Malmaison. In 1816, he took various European plants to Buenos Aires, where he was elected professor of natural history, but he soon left to explore the interior of South America.
Ava Max (Singer-Songwriter) - On This Day
Full Name: Amanda Ava Koci
Profession: Singer-Songwriter
Biography: Ava Max is best known for her hit song "Sweet but Psycho" (2018). Max was born to Albanian immigrant parents in Wisconsin. Her mother was an opera singer and her father played piano. From a young age, Max performed in singing competitions and local venues.
At 13, she changed her name to Ava and later moved to Los Angeles to pursue music.
Books Are Not Dead. They're More Essential Than Ever
“The book is dead,” is a refrain I hear constantly. I’ll run into people on the subway, in a taxi, in an airport, or wherever I might be and when I tell them what I do, they ask me “do people even still read anymore?” This simple question implies the very work I do at the National Book Foundation may not be worthwhile—or even possible. It’s generally a casual statement, a throwaway remark, a comment repeated so often that it’s taken as fact.
Brawl Breaks Out at N.Y. Amusement Park Over Religious Head Scarves
Chet Gordon / NY Daily News Archive / Getty Images After female members of a group organized by the Muslim American Society of New York were denied entry to certain rides at Playland in Rye, N.Y. because of head coverings, a fight erupted and 15 people were detained by police.
The incident happened on Tuesday in the Westchester County park, where the society had organized a trip to celebrate the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
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Charles Dharapak / APPresident Barack Obama speaks about the initial rollout of the health care overhaul in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Oct. 21, 2013 The President is responsible for the quality of his Administration.
I’ve been reading Tom Ricks’ excellent book about military leadership since World War II, The Generals. In it, Ricks argues that one of the reasons we were able to win World War II was that Generals George Marshall and Dwight Eisenhower were absolutely brutal when it came to relieving field commanders who were not up to the job–and also discerning enough to leave politically incorrect, but brilliant, leaders like George Patton in their positions.
Business: Death of Wrigley | TIME
Whenever Gum-Man William Wrigley Jr. was away from Chicago, as regularly to be expected as the morning mail were his daily long distance telephone calls to his office in the Wrigley Building. Often they lasted for an hour or two. Sometimes they came from California. Sometimes they came from Arizona. Fortnight ago, the calls stopped abruptly. It was announced that Bill Wrigley was ill in Phoenix. Not seriously, just a slight heart attack following acute indigestion.